The Plaintiff's Lawyer, Mr. Gray informed the Defendants that he advised the Imam NOT to attend for Discovery, which prompted the Defendants to question, why would counsel advise against a five-minute meeting to end the case and instead continue toward 10 or more full days' worth of legal proceedings other than to earn excess fees... Hence the bringing of the Motion by the Defendants to stay all cross-examinations until it can be confirmed if the Imam is really behind the litigation.

The latest request by the Defendants for Discovery of the Plaintiff would, if the case was authentic, give the Plaintiff the easiest way to win every aspect of the case, or since the case is not authentic, it will prove that the Aga Khan is not the Real Plaintiff.

The Proceedings are Against Tenets of Ismaili Faith

Two of the many tenets of ismaili Faith that are brought to question by this Lawsuit are described in the following extract.
"7. The statement of claim, as well as the reply, is degrading our Imam by destroying two of the main tenets of of Ismailism of which He is the Imam: the first tenet of Ismaili faith is about the Infallibility of the Imam in matters of religion, that Sachedina states that the Imam, when making Farmans, makes mistakes which requires correcting by institutional leaders; and the second one is that the Farmans originates from the Divine Light which is called "Noor" and therefore can not be changed in any way until superseded by a new Farman.
" Extract from Nagib Tajdin's Affidavit of July 29, 2010

Reasoning Behind the Need for a Stay in the Proceedings

Reasons why a temporary halt of the proceedings is beneficial to all is described in the following extract:
"16. The defendants ask that the cross-examinations and other procedures scheduled for the motions for judgment be stayed for a period of 30 days or until the Aga Khan is produced for oral examinations for the following reasons:

(a) the defendants position is that the Aga Khan is not behind this lawsuit,

(b) A delay of 30 days for the cross-examinations will not prejudice the plaintiff;

(c) Extensive cross-examination preparations, attendance for cross-examinations, transcript costs, costs for the experts’ cross-examinations, preparation of updated memorandum of fact and law, two to three days set aside for hearing of the motions, travel by two (and possibly three) witnesses from Kenya, along with their own loss of time from work; judicial resources, all will be avoided if the named plaintiff attends for discoveries for five minutes to confirm if he is behind this litigation and directly confirms if he, either did not give his consent on August 15, 1992, or that he revokes that consent, or that he does not wish to have His Farmans distributed by the defendants;

(d) The defendants have all along stated that if the Aga Khan wishes to stop the activities complained of, the defendants would be abided immediately by the defendants despite any legal avenues available to them;

(e) The plaintiff’s counsel’s instructing his client not to attend on reasoning that if either of the motions succeed discoveries would not be necessary, but he ignores the very real probability that the plaintiff may not succeed in his motion without any direct evidence from the named plaintiff, and in any event, there is a strong probability that neither party may succeed, and if so, the parties would have to proceed with the litigation;

(f) The defendants are not seeking costs from the named plaintiff, therefore, even if the defendants win their motion, they cannot collect costs from the named plaintiff who is their spiritual father; and

(g) Allowing the discovery to proceed will conclusively resolve the litigation, either by confirming that the Aga Khan is the real plaintiff, in which case the defendants would cease their activities, and if the Aga Khan is not the real plaintiff, then such injustice would be stopped in its tracks.
" Extract from Alnaz Jiwa's Notice of Motion of July 29, 2010

Does Imam use Intimidation Tactics?

Since there is so much evidence pointing to this case being initiated and run by a usurper, it is understandable that the usurper and his supporters will feel like they are in hot water, and will continue to fulfill their threat to ruin the defendants and their reputation.

In fact, when the Copyright Lawsuit was filed, and even before the Defendants were served, it was circulated by email to worldwide ismailis. Mass pressure tactics are undertaken on the web, through a telephone campaign, through unrelenting and continuous personal gatherings in Jamatkhanas. All to establish that 2 murids of the Imam of the time were enemies of the Faith for having circulated the Farmans of their Imam to their community. Would the Imam need to use such tactics? Are there not very simple and definitive ways in which the Imam can establish His authority in the matter without creating such unrest in the Jamat?